Appendix A. 
STATISTICS OF THE INFINITIVE IN ANGLO-SAXON. 
Except in Sections VI and VII, the initial verb in the sections below is, not the infinitive, 
but the finite verb of the passage in question cited in the infinitive form and given in alpha¬ 
betic sequence. Under each word are given all 1 the occurrences, first, of the uninflected infini¬ 
tive (= U.) and, secondly, of the inflected infinitive (=1.), first in the prose works and then in 
the poems, cited in each case in the approximate chronological order, except that the Minor 
Prose Works and the Minor Poems are given, each, in alphabetic sequence. In Mlf. Horn ., 
in Chron., and in Napier’s Ad. to Th., the superior letters (t, m, and b ) refer respectively to 
the top, the middle, and the bottom of the page; while the superior figures distinguish the 
several examples. In other texts, the superior letters distinguish the several examples within 
the same lines or verse, or larger whole (as in the Latin of Wcerf.). The totals for each use 
are given at the beginning of the chapter in which the particular use is discussed and 
in the Synoptic Tables of Appendix C. The abbreviations for the texts are explained in 
the “ Bibliography.” For convenience, I have not distinguished S' and p, but have uni¬ 
formly used A. As a rule, contractions in the texts have been expanded. 
/. The Subjective Infinitive . 
A THE ACTIVE INFINITIVE. 
The infinitive is found both uninflected and inflected. 
1. With Active Finite Verb. 
alefan : see aliefan. 
aliefan [-e-, -y-], be allowable: U. (10): Bede (4): 74.15 = 53.29; 74.18 a ’ b = 53.32 a * b ; 78.17 = 
55.28 .—Gosp. (6): Mk. (3): 3.4 b - c ; 10.2; — L. (3): 6.9 a - b * c . — I. (3): Pr. Gu. (1): 
xx.85. — Mk. (2): 3.4 a ; 12.14. 
alyfan: see aliefan. 
anhagian: see onhagian. 
atSreotan, weary: U. (0). — I. (1): Oros. (1): 42.13 = 43.12. 
becuman, happen: U. (1): Minor Prose (1): Chad , Anhang (1): 11. — I. (0). 
behofian, behoove: U. (0). — I. (1): Solil. (1): 27.12. 
beon, be: U. (0). — I. (1) : Mat. (1) : 20.23. 
beon + an adjective (occasionally an adverb or a noun): — 
— aeSryt, troublesome: U. (0). — I. (1): Mlf. Horn. (1): II. 2 m . 
— arwiertSlicost [-y—], honorable: U. (0). — I. (1): Greg. (1): 401.16 = 320.6 (or with 
adjective?). 
— betere, better: U. (1): Mk. (1): 9.47 = 9.46. — I. (6): Greg. (1): 457.21 = 390.13. —Solil. 
(1): 36.8 = 0. — A. S. Horn. & L. S. I. (1): 3.406. — Mat. (1): 18.9. — Gen. (1): 660. —■ 
Ps. (1): 83.10. 
—betst, best: U. (0). — I. (2): Solil. (2): 3.6, 7. 
—-deoplic, difficult: U. (0). —I. (1): Mlf. Horn. (1): II. 386* (or with adjective?). 
— deorwierSe [—u—], precious: U. (0). — I. (1): Mlf. Horn. (1): I. 582 b2 . 
— dyslic, foolish: U. (0).—I. (1): Mlf. L. S. (1): XXXVI. 325. 
— earfeS(e) : see earfoS(e). 
— earfoS(e) [-fetS(e)], difficult: U. (0). — I. (9): Boeth. (1): 127.22 b = 108.13 (or with ad¬ 
jective?).—^. (1): 51.5 = 28.3. — Oros. (1): 212.30 = 0. — Chron. (1): 170 b , 1050 
D. — Laws (1): 455, Gerefa , c. 18. — Bened. (1): 67.1 = 126.10. —Mlf. Horn. (1): II. 
466 b . — A. S. Horn. & L. S. I. (1): 8.15.—Gu. (1): 1039. 
— earfoSlic, difficult: U. (0). — I. (1): Boeth. (1): 118.7 = 101.30 (or with adjective?). 
— earfoSre, more difficult: U. (0). — I. (2): Greg. (2): 453.12 = 384.5; 455.6 = 386.11. 
1 Except of the Predicative Infinitive with Auxiliary Verbs, the full tabulation of which seemed unnecessary. 
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